Medium distribution assembly and a vehicle design element including such an assembly
AssigneeMotherson Innovations Company Limited
InventorsDean Caruso, Andreas Herrmann, Sam Thoday, Brad Gibson, Daniel Flynn, Simon Belcher
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Abstract
A medium distributing assembly for a vehicle design element includes a medium guide including at least one medium receiving element; and at least one medium exit element, where the medium exit element has at least partly an annular form.
Claims35
A medium distributing assembly for a vehicle design element, the assembly comprising:
- a medium guide comprising:
- at least one medium receiving element;
- and
- at least one medium exit element,
- wherein the medium is a fluid which comprises at least one of a heated fluid and a cleaning fluid,
- wherein the medium exit element has at least partly an annular form, and comprises at least one nozzle to direct fluid onto at least one first surface of the design element, and
- wherein at least one of:
- the at least one first surface of the design element is adverted to at least one of an antenna emitting and sensing electromagnetic radiation in at least one first frequency band, and
- the medium distributing assembly further comprises at least one sensing element for detecting of contaminations on the first surface.
A vehicle design element which is at least one including or connected to at least one light distributing assembly,
- wherein the light distributing assembly comprises a light guide comprising at least one light receiving element and at least one light exit element, wherein the light exit element has at least partly an annular form,
- wherein the light guide includes a plurality of light receiving surfaces;
- and
- wherein a plurality of light sources are arranged adjacent to and directed towards respective light receiving surfaces;
- wherein the light guide is shaped to define an annular base lying in a first plane and at least one circumferential flange or cylinder disposed generally orthogonal, or inwardly at outwardly splayed to the first plane, the flange or cylinder extending away from the annular base towards a viewable annular light exit,
- wherein the base includes a plurality of shaped elements, in particular in form of disconnections, recesses, holes or wedge-shaped protrusion, extending away from the first plane, each shaped element defining of the light receiving surfaces for receiving incident light from at respective adjacent light source, wherein a plurality of the light receiving surfaces are orientated substantially transverse to the base, and
- wherein the vehicle design element is comprised at least partly by at least one radome and/on forms at least partly at least one radome.
A medium distributing assembly for a vehicle design element, wherein the medium is a fluid, which comprises at least one of a heated fluid and a cleaning fluid, and the assembly comprises:
- a medium guide comprising:
- at least one medium receiving element;
- at least one medium exit element;
- at least one sensing element for detection of contaminations on a first surface of the of the design element;
- and
- at least one control element for controlling and/or regulating a flow of the medium at least one of into the medium receiving element, through the medium guide and out of the exit element, based on signals of the sensing element.
A medium distributing assembly for a vehicle design element, wherein the medium is a fluid, which comprises at least one of a heated fluid and a cleaning fluid, and the assembly comprises:
- a medium guide comprising:
- at least one medium receiving element;
- at least one medium exit element;
- and
- at least one sensing element for detection of contaminations on a first surface of the of the design element,
- wherein at least one of the medium guide, the medium receiving element, the medium exit element and the sensing element is at least partly located behind at least one bezel of the design element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.